Lupita Nyong'o's Star Wars Character Name, Details Revealed

May 5, 2015 5:00 PM

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Find out who the Oscar winner will play in The Force Awakens.

As revealed in the June issue of Vanity Fair, Nyong’o will play a CGI character named Maz Kanata in the film. Kanata is a pirate with no allegiances to either the Resistance (the new name for the Rebel Alliance) or the First Order (the new Empire).